reprimand

/ɹˈɛpɹəmˌænd/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. rebuke formally
2. censure severely or angrily
   “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”

noun

1. an act or expression of criticism and censure
   “he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face”

Synonyms for reprimand

• censure
• criminate
• call on the carpet
• take to task
• rebuke
• rag
• trounce
• lecture
• jaw
• dress down
• call down
• scold
• chide
• berate
• bawl out
• remonstrate
• chew out
• reproof
• reproval
• reprehension

Words that rhyme with reprimand

• stand
• land
• hand
• band
• command
• demand
• brand
• grand
• strand
• expand
• understand
• backhand
• offhand
• sand
• bland
• grandstand
• midland
• rand
• remand
• secondhand
• armband
• beforehand
• broadband
• canned
• contraband
• disband
• fairyland
• farmland
• firebrand
• firsthand